Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue

BBC Science Saturday 31 October 2026, 01:27 UTC 1 min read

Key Points

Countries have been trying to get a global agreement to halt nature decline back on track.

Originally published by BBC Science Read original →

Scientists develop new system to boost prime editing in dicot plants Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Senior Editor A new gene-editing system could make it easier for researchers to introduce precise genetic changes into crops such as tomatoes, soybeans and rapeseed. Developed by researchers in China, SmartPE improves prime editing efficiency in several dicot plants, addressing a major limitation of the technique. The new system introduces mismatches into the reverse transcriptase...

Phys.org 1h ago